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Monday, July 26, 2010

Is that a zucchini in your pocket?

The zucchinis in my container garden are apparently on steroids. I pulled a couple monsters out of there and couldn't resist snapping a couple pics to show off.

The squash isn't too shabby, either. These guys were sooo tasty in a stir fry that same night! And then the next week I pulled this one off the plant:

It is just as big, and we still haven't eaten it. What should I make? I'm thinking some veggie lasagna is in our future, if I can get a spare hour to cook something. By the time I'm done with work, errands, exercise, picking up the house, or whatever I need to do, it's already 7pm. I never feel like cooking anything that late. I don't know how you ladies with kids do it!

14 comments:

I thought for sure the first line of this article was going to say something like, "...Or are you just happy to see me?" But you resisted.

Those veggies are HUGE. I have to say that zucchini and squash are two veggies that I'm not all that fond of... but I can enjoy them in some type of lasagna or (to kill all healthy side effects) cooked in some olive oil and salt.

And as for cooking late, even though I'm no lady - I hear you. Once you get through the daily chores its hard to make anything really worth eating. We frequently resort to "breakfast for dinner" - pancakes, eggs, or something equally simple and inexpensive.

Zucchinis are my FAVE veggies. As soon as we start a garden, I'm definitely going to try to grow these. Suggestion for dinner: cut them in half, spoon out the middle, mix & heat the middle stuff in a pot with corn, parm cheese and/or montery(?) jack cheese, onions, and whatever else you like and then pile them up back on the zucchini "boats" and bake at 350 until they look ready. Easy, fast, delicious!

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My name is Sara. I am a home owner/renovator, photographer, and stay at home mom in the Chicago area trying to cram all kinds of projects into the time my son is at school. Ashford is 5, and our second baby Zach just turned 2, so things are pretty busy around here! I like slightly inappropriate humor, wine, and stalking house blogs. I love starting new DIY projects and sometimes hate finishing them. I love taking portraits of families, children and couples whenever I can. This blog is all about the projects my husband and I tackle, the projects that fizzle, and the funny things that happen to us along the way.